What did I just buy?

Mud · 20 Feb 2012 at 10:23

2004
32.5K miles
1 prior owner
NA V8 petrol
Manual
Front engine, rear-wheel drive
RHD
333 factory horses (now ~385)
~£8k

Too easy?

I'm rather chuffed :cool:

LiE · 20 Feb 2012 at 10:33

e46 m3?

megakid · 20 Feb 2012 at 10:34

Monaro?

Crizzy · 20 Feb 2012 at 10:35

Impreza?

Oops, missed the V8 part :/ ... oh and RWD (before someone else points it out!)

Lashout_UK · 20 Feb 2012 at 10:36

Corsa VXR.

Mud · 20 Feb 2012 at 10:37

megakid said:
Monaro?

Indeed

The value for money of the CV8 monaro against something like the skoda vRSs I was looking at before was simply no competition...

Apologies for low quality posting, but I couldn't help myself

Crizzy · 20 Feb 2012 at 10:38

Nice, I'll assume pics in due course? :cool:

rodenal · 20 Feb 2012 at 10:38

Edit - D'oh

Firestar_3x · 20 Feb 2012 at 10:39

Mud said:
Indeed

The value for money of the CV8 monaro against something like the skoda vRSs I was looking at before was simply no competition...

Different cars for different markets though.

Also pics.

megakid · 20 Feb 2012 at 10:39

Mud said:
Indeed

The value for money of the CV8 monaro against something like the skoda vRSs I was looking at before was simply no competition...

Apologies for low quality posting, but I couldn't help myself

Awesome - good work, proper yank V8

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Got the LS1 in there hasn't it?

What mods have taken it from 333 to 385? Seems a big increase from a NA V8, especially a lazy american one - done more than intake/exhaust mods for that?

Princey · 20 Feb 2012 at 10:44

CIA and Cams I'm guessing, rubbish cars Monaros are though tbh. Only morons buy them. :rolleyes:

Mud · 20 Feb 2012 at 10:53

Crizzy said:
Nice, I'll assume pics in due course?

Will do - right now it looks like an inverted dalmation though!

Firestar_3x said:
Different cars for different markets though.

Also pics.

True, fortunately I've got a snotter to get around the relative impracticalities.

megakid said:
Awesome - good work, proper yank V8 .

Got the LS1 in there hasn't it?

What mods have taken it from 333 to 385? Seems a big increase from a NA V8, especially a lazy american one - done more than intake/exhaust mods for that?

LS1 indeed. Wortec exhaust and air-filter (straight pipes instead of centre box), and a remap. For pistonheads, it's redgriff500's old car.

Mud · 20 Feb 2012 at 10:54

Princey said:
CIA and Cams I'm guessing, rubbish cars Monaros are though tbh. Only morons buy them.

Depends on your criteria. It's big loud fun and very comfortable. Also relatively reliable (touch wood) and cheap.

hurfdurf · 20 Feb 2012 at 10:55

I thought these seemed like brilliant value for money, until I saw the interior

Couldn't live with it in a car like that myself.

Mud · 20 Feb 2012 at 10:59

hurfdurf said:
I thought these seemed like brilliant value for money, until I saw the interior

Couldn't live with it in a car like that myself.

I quite like the interior, the odd bit of dodgy silver plastic aside. Maybe I just don't know better, but the seats are good, the leather a damn-sight better than the VAG fare, and the dash black and inoffensive.

Phate · 20 Feb 2012 at 11:20

Mud said:
Depends on your criteria. It's big loud fun and very comfortable. Also relatively reliable (touch wood) and cheap.

Humour fail

Mud · 20 Feb 2012 at 11:35

Phate said:
Humour fail

Can never tell on this subforum!

Phate · 20 Feb 2012 at 11:35

Mud said:
Can never tell on this subforum!

He has a Monaro

Mud · 20 Feb 2012 at 11:37

Phate said:
He has a Monaro

Schooled

IMO a major failing of the OcUK forum is the unified avatars, I struggle to remember who is who.

Princey · 20 Feb 2012 at 11:41

It's a 6.0L LS2 VXR with Wortec switchable exhaust. Upcoming mods for the summer are headers, CIA, cats and a second hand Harrop 112 supercharger which I have sourced.